MANTEL, Hilary. Bring up the Bodies. London: Fourth Estate. 2012.
8vo. Publisher's black boards, lettered gilt to spine, pictorial endpapers, illustrated dust jacket with printed price of £20 to front flap; pp. xiii, 411, [3]; a fine copy, slightly rubbed to head of spine, in an equally fine and unclipped dust jacket only very lightly creased to edges; 'Signed by the author' sticker to front cover.
First edition, boldly signed by the author to the half-title page.
The second volume in Mantel’s critically acclaimed historical epic, following Wolf Hall (Fourth Estate, 2009). This brilliantly well-researched novel follows Thomas Cromwell’s role in political events of the period and his relationship with King Henry VIII. The story follows the tumultuous period when Anne Boleyn fails to supply an heir, and Jane Seymour is lined up as a replacement. Bring Up the Bodies won Mantel the Booker Prize in the year of its publication.
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